date and nut cookies

August 13, 2013mayurisjikoni

BLOGGING MARATHON #89 – WEEK 4 DAY 1

THEME: REDO OLD POSTS – 24/06/2018

Our trip to Nairobi for the Canadian visa had some more surprises in store for us. Last Wednesday my hubby and I got up early and reached the airport at 6 a.m. At the check in counter we were told that we would be put on an earlier flight instead of the 7.40 one and we both thought, finally lady luck is smiling on us. Little did we know what was in store till we reached the departure lounge and saw on one of the TV screens, that a raging fire had completely destroyed the international arrival terminal at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi. After a while we hear roaring sound of one of the KQ flights landing at the Mombasa Airport. After a few minutes another, then another. This continued till 5 international flights diverted from Nairobi landed in Mombasa. Suddenly our normally not so busy, laid back airport became busy. Then we hear an announcement that all flights to Nairobi have been cancelled till further notice and all passengers have to surrender their boarding pass. Lady Luck was not with us at all. We quickly collected our baggage and rushed off to town to one of the coach offices.

With Eid and now no flights, seats on the coaches leaving for Nairobi suddenly were selling like hot cakes. We managed to get 2 seats on a luxury AC coach. When we got on the coach, from which angle it appeared to be a luxury coach beats me. The AC was not working and the uncomfortable journey ended after nearly 9 hours. But we finally reached Nairobi and got our work done and caught a flight back home. Now we have to wait and see if we get the visas. In the meantime, I would like to share with you a recipe for one of my favourite cookies, date and nut cookies. Flavoured with date and crunchy because of the mixture of flours, these cookies are tasty.

Update: 24/06/2018

Since I wrote this post, we got what is called the Super Visa, which means a visa for 10 years which is specifically given to parents and grandparents of people with permanent residency in Canada. Because of our son we got this visa. Since then, we’ve been to Canada four times and this is our fifth visit. As I update this blog, I’m sitting at my son’s home in Montreal. Canada is such a beautiful country.

What a great adventure you had few years back. I happen to face such situations often nowadays and after reading yours, I can atleast think that I am not alone. The cookies look so good. Looking at the ingredients list, I am sure that they taste wonderful too..

While reading through your post, I was feeling like reading an adventure novel😊. Congrats for getting super Visa and being with your son. I love dates and I’m sure the cookies with dates must have tasted delicious